Membership

receive The Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, the first scholarly journal devoted to legal writing;

receive four annual issues of The Scrivener, the newsletter of Scribes;

receive the distinctive Scribes certificate;

publish in The Scrivener individual news about their professional moves and accomplishments, including publications;

seek membership on any of the nine Scribes committees, including those that select: (a) the best book on a legal topic published each year, (b) the best student-written article published each year, and (c) the best brief of those chosen as winners of student moot-court competitions each year;

seek opportunities to speak at Scribes-sponsored seminars, workshops, meetings, and institutes at law schools and conventions;

submit pieces for possible inclusion in Scribes publications, including The Scribes Journal and The Scrivener; and

attend the membership meeting of Scribes, held each year at the ABA annual meeting, and other Scribes-sponsored events.

Categories of Scribes Membership

There are five categories of Scribes members:

Regular Members, who pay annual dues of $65;

Sustaining Members, who pay annual dues of $100;

Life Members, who pay a one-time payment of $1,000 or four annual installments of $250 each;

Institutional Members (law schools and appellate courts), which pay annual dues of $650, or $350 for an institution with fewer than 10 members of its own; and